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Alortese 's LandscaPe & Irrigation <br /> � <br /> 719-580-i 006 or i 19-58 -90 i 0 5868 Rd 106 South, Alamosa, CO 81101 <br /> REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL REVISION: TR-2 <br /> SITE NAME: MR.PEAT(peat mine) ECEED <br /> PERMIT FILE NUMBER: M-1994-081 R <br /> PERMITTEE: Mortensen's Landscape &Irrigation, L.L.C. tluL 0 7 2ah <br /> July 1, 2025 p�VrS►ON RE <br /> Spj TEY , <br /> To whom it may concern: <br /> Please note: Mortensen's Landscape & Irrigation, hereafter known as "MLI", is a new operator for <br /> Peat Mine M-1994-081,hereafter known as "Mr. Peat",through a Succession of Operators completed <br /> in March of 2024. This is MLI's first attempt at a Technical Revision(TR-2) and is basing it primarily <br /> on files and notes and a former TR filed in 2016 by the previous Operator(TR-1). Some material has <br /> been directly copied from that 2016 TR. MLI has NOT employed legal council to aid in this revision. <br /> As stated on the DRMS supplied cover sheet,there is"no formal format for a Technical Revision". <br /> DISTURBED AREAS: <br /> During an inspection in September of 2024, it was noted that many areas outside of MLI's current <br /> mining area appeared to be "disturbed".All of which MLI believes was done prior to the Succession of <br /> Operators, but now understands that MLI is still responsible. It appears, even,that an individual, <br /> without consent to enter,at some point took a machine to Area 2 and Area 3 and built a"motor-cross" <br /> track. Operator will begin to level these mounds and hills back to original elevation and re-vegetate in <br /> the next planting season. <br /> MLI currently owns and employs only one class A semi and driver, and typically only keeps one <br /> piece of equipment available for mining (a wheeled front end loader). <br /> During any, and all,mining operations, MLI intends to send out one operator to load and operate <br /> said equipment, and a separate driver for the semi with an end dump trailer. From Mr. Peat to the MLI <br /> store/yard (where mixing and screening of the mined product occurs) is typically a 45 minute to one <br /> hour round trip, from loading to next loading. During said time, MLI's operator, on the wheeled loader, <br /> will begin to stock pile viable peat and roughly level the ground in the before mentioned disturbed <br /> areas. Our current mining area is Area 1 and we will stockpile, for the time being, in Area 1 and <br /> possibly carry over into Area 9 as it is adjacent to Area 1, and the next planned area of mining. <br /> MLI will start these series of"rough leveling" in Areas 2 & 3, and work closer to the current <br /> mining area. MLI operates Mr. Peat on an unknown timeline, as it is based off of customer supply and <br /> demand for the topsoil created from material mined. It is estimated that it will take approximately 30 <br /> hours per area to stockpile and"rough level"each area, so approximately one week per area. Past <br /> records have indicated that mining takes place only about four weeks per year. Therefore, MLI predicts <br /> that areas 8, 4, 3, and 2 will be "roughly"ready for reclamation and re-vegetation by the end of 2026. <br />